Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong about Qian Renchuan’s growing strength and asked her to care for their children, while she secretly planned to kill him. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Qian Renchuan absorbed a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Ring and gained Dark Gold Tear, then ordered the system to strengthen it.

• Qian Xunji praised Qian Renchuan’s fighting ability and asked Bibi Dong to show their children more care when they returned.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji she would see the children, but privately resolved to stay near him and wait for a chance to kill him.
• Qian Renchuan ignored Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s concerns about the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s age and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Qian Renchuan gained the second Soul Skill Dark Gold Tear, which summoned ten powerful Dark Gold Dreadclaws from his fingers.
• Qian Renchuan checked his system panel and ordered the system to strengthen his Second Soul Ring as far as his body could withstand.

After absorbing his Second Soul Ring, Qian Renchuan collapsed and slept, alarming Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei before they discovered he was unharmed. He woke with his Soul Ring strengthened to 3,600 years and his cultivation at level 29, then prepared to test his new Soul Skill.

• Qian Renchuan fainted after absorbing his Second Soul Ring, and Qian Renxue ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to examine him.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei found Qian Renchuan asleep and were astonished by his unusually powerful body.
• Qian Renxue led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest while Gui Mei carried the sleeping Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Renchuan woke half a day later and discovered his Second Soul Ring had strengthened to 3,600 years and his cultivation had risen to level 29.
• Qian Renchuan said he wanted to test his new Soul Skill, drawing the others' attention.

Qian Renchuan demonstrated the overwhelming power of his second Soul Skill and revealed that he had reached the twenty-ninth rank. On the way back to Spirit City, Qian Renxue resolved to protect Spirit Hall in this life, while Qian Renchuan read Yu Xiaogang’s famous book and she recalled how he had stolen Spirit Hall’s research.

• Qian Renchuan used Dark Gold Rend to tear through towering trees, astonishing Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Qian Renxue with the power of his second Soul Skill.
• Yue Guan sensed that Qian Renchuan had reached the twenty-ninth rank, shocking Qian Renxue and Gui Mei.
• Half a month later, Qian Renxue entered Spirit City and remembered its destruction and the deaths of Spirit Hall’s members in her previous life.
• Qian Renxue resolved to become a god and protect Spirit City, Spirit Hall, and her big brother, Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Renchuan read The Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters, and Qian Renxue recalled that Yu Xiaogang had passed off Spirit Hall’s accumulated knowledge as his own.

Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City and found a Spirit Hall steward struggling to take two orphaned children to the nursery. After the steward explained that their parents had died on a mission, the children fell silent, leaving Qian Renchuan to decide what to do next.

• Qian Renxue criticized Yu Xiaogang’s book while Qian Renchuan read it during their carriage ride into Spirit City.
• Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue heard children crying in the street and went to investigate, followed by Yue Guan.
• The Spirit Hall steward snapped at Qian Renchuan, and Yue Guan forced him to his knees after revealing the identities of Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue.
• The steward explained that the children’s parents, low-ranking Spirit Hall members, had died during a mission near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The steward said Spirit Hall had ordered him to take the children to its nursery, but they had cried for their parents throughout the journey.

After learning that Xie Yue and Hu Liena were orphans, Qian Renchuan recognized them as future Golden Generation members and bound them as targets for his system. He stopped Qian Renxue from killing Hu Liena by bringing the siblings to live at his Riverside Courtyard, where Qian Renxue vowed to watch Hu Liena closely.

• Qian Renchuan asked the orphaned children their names and learned that the boy was Xie Yue and his little sister was Hu Liena.
• The system detected Xie Yue and Hu Liena as high-fortune targets, and Qian Renchuan confirmed their bindings.
• Qian Renxue remembered Hu Liena's future betrayal of Spirit Hall and prepared to kill her, but Qian Renchuan stepped between them.
• Qian Renchuan told the deacon not to send the siblings to the nursery and instead arranged for them to live at his Riverside Courtyard.
• Qian Renxue resolved to keep Hu Liena under close watch as the grateful children followed the deacon away.

Qian Renchuan realized he could bind more gifted characters as bond targets, then returned to Spirit Academy with Qian Renxue. After Yue Guan reported their Soul Hunting results, Qian Xunji celebrated their extraordinary cultivation and ordered the academy’s senior students to keep pressuring Qian Renchuan, unaware they had already become his lackeys.

• Qian Renchuan considered binding more talented characters like Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong to gain cultivation returns.
• Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue arrived at Spirit Academy, and he refused to visit Qian Xunji at the Pope's Palace.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei told Qian Xunji that Qian Renchuan had reached rank twenty-nine and Qian Renxue rank twenty-four after gaining thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Qian Xunji dismissed Qian Yuhao's departure and praised Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue's talent.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to have Spirit Academy's senior students continue targeting Qian Renchuan, while Yue Guan concealed that they had become his lackeys.

Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue had returned with thousand-year first soul rings, while she remained cold and resentful toward him and the children. At Spirit Academy, Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue were mobbed by curious classmates, as Huyan Ye prepared to carry out the Pope’s order to challenge him.

• Qian Xunji approved Qian Renchuan taking in two orphaned children and decided to tell Bibi Dong about the siblings’ achievements.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue had obtained thousand-year first soul rings, and said their third child had left Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong criticized Qian Xunji for caring about the eldest and second children while letting the third leave, and said she hoped the third would die.
• Students crowded around Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue when they returned to Second-Year Class, while Huyan Ye went to find the fourth-year students to provoke Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Renxue ordered the students to clear the corridor, and Qian Renchuan brushed off their questions about his level and soul ring.

Qian Renchuan discovered that Huyan Feng had destroyed his flower and challenged him to a duel in the Spirit Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena. As news of the fight spread, Qian Renchuan looked forward to testing the whetstone Qian Xunji had arranged for him.

• Qian Renchuan returned to the Second-Year Class and learned from Li Yan that someone had smashed his flower and its pot.
• Huyan Feng entered with his younger brother Huyan Ye and admitted he had destroyed the flower, seeking revenge for Huyan Ye’s earlier defeat.
• Qian Renchuan recognized Huyan Feng as a likely challenge arranged by Qian Xunji and agreed to fight him in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Huyan Feng accepted the duel, and news of the match spread through the Spirit Academy.

Qian Renchuan faced Huyan Feng in a Soul Fighting Arena duel and stunned the spectators by revealing his level and two thousand-year soul rings. Bibi Dong arrived at the Spirit Academy, learned that the duel was part of Qian Xunji’s scheme, and headed to see Qian Renchuan and Miss Xue.

• Qian Renchuan declared himself a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, shocking the crowd and Huyan Feng.
• Huyan Feng summoned his Diamond Mammoth martial soul and revealed three soul rings as the soul fight began.
• Qian Renchuan activated his Skin martial soul and revealed two purple thousand-year soul rings, alarming Huyan Feng.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the Spirit Academy and asked to see Qian Renchuan and Miss Xue.
• A chief told Bibi Dong that Qian Renchuan was dueling Huyan Feng as part of a stress test arranged by Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong privately condemned Qian Xunji’s scheme.

Qian Renchuan used his thousand-year soul skills to defeat Huyan Feng in one decisive attack, stunning the arena and infuriating Bibi Dong. After Qian Renxue watched proudly, Bibi Dong left without speaking.

• Bibi Dong entered the Soul Fighting Arena expecting Qian Renchuan to be beaten, but saw that he possessed two purple thousand-year soul rings.
• Qian Renchuan dodged Huyan Feng's repeated charges and then unleashed his second soul skill, Dark Gold Rend.
• Huyan Feng's Diamond Barrier shattered, and Qian Renchuan's attack wounded him and knocked him unconscious.
• The crowd celebrated Qian Renchuan's victory, while Huyan Ye collapsed in shock.
• Qian Renxue watched proudly, then noticed Bibi Dong staring coldly at Qian Renchuan before turning and leaving.

Qian Renchuan defeated Huyan Feng, while Bibi Dong watched and left in hatred after seeing his talent. The fight’s aftermath exposed that the Pope’s Palace had ordered the Elephant Armor Sect to provoke him, and Qian Renchuan warned everyone not to target him again.

• Qian Renxue watched Bibi Dong leave the arena and vowed to protect Qian Renchuan from her schemes.
• Bibi Dong rejected a Chief’s offer to summon Qian Renchuan and Miss Xue, then left in her carriage after bitterly calling them “wonderful.”
• Huyan Ye rushed to his unconscious, bloodied brother Huyan Feng and revealed that the Pope’s Palace had told the Elephant Armor Sect to provoke Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Renchuan mocked Huyan Ye, issued a final warning to anyone who targeted him, and left the ring.
• Zhang Meng, Li Yan, and the other followers surrounded Qian Renchuan and praised him for defeating a Soul Elder in one move.

After Qian Renchuan’s arena victory drew the attention of several upper-year girls, Qian Renxue pulled him away and warned him that Bibi Dong might be dangerous. Qian Renchuan brushed off her concerns and praised the girls’ looks, prompting Qian Renxue to resolve to grow up and show him what true beauty was.

• Upper-year girls crowded around Qian Renchuan after his match, praising him and trying to win his favor.
• Qian Renxue drove the girls back with her Soul Power and led Qian Renchuan out of the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Renchuan that Huo Yuhao had warned her about Bibi Dong’s coldness and urged him to be wary of her.
• Qian Renchuan questioned Qian Renxue’s warning and said the girls at the academy were pretty.
• Qian Renxue decided to eat well and grow up quickly so she could show Qian Renchuan what true beauty was.

Qian Xunji decided to visit the Spirit Academy after learning that Bibi Dong had coldly left without seeing their children. There, Qian Renchuan grew angry at the praise for Yu Xiaogang’s book and decided to write a rival work exposing its flaws.

• Qian Xunji learned Bibi Dong had watched Qian Renchuan’s duel but left without speaking to him or Qian Renxue, and he resolved to visit the Spirit Academy himself.
• Qian Xunji summoned Yue Guan and ordered him to prepare for the trip.
• At the Spirit Academy, Qian Renchuan’s classmates gathered around him after class and invited him to go fishing and grill fish.
• Zhang Meng and the others praised Yu Xiaogang and his Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters, calling him a leading theoretical authority.
• Qian Renchuan dismissed the book’s claims as flawed and decided to write his own book to expose Yu Xiaogang.

Qian Renchuan decided to write his own book challenging Yu Xiaogang’s theories, despite his followers’ disbelief. Qian Xunji arrived at Spirit Academy and took Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue for a walk, leaving the students to praise his apparent fatherly concern.

• Qian Renchuan denounced Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters as nonsense and resolved to publish his own theories.
• Zhang Meng, Li Yan, Zhao Mang, and Qian Renxue doubted that Qian Renchuan could write a book, but he refused to change his mind.
• Qian Xunji arrived at Spirit Academy with its Chiefs and senior instructors, startling the students.
• Qian Xunji greeted Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue warmly, asked how they were settling in, and invited them for a walk.
• The Chiefs praised Qian Xunji’s fatherly devotion as Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei privately mocked their flattery.

Qian Renchuan asked Qian Xunji for whale rubber, unrestricted access to the Spirit Hall Library, and permission to leave Spirit Academy whenever he wanted so he could write a book criticizing Yu Xiaogang. Qian Xunji refused, fearing Bibi Dong’s reaction, but Qian Renchuan insisted that his father honor his promise.

• Qian Xunji praised Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue’s talents and predicted Spirit Hall’s future glory as they walked through Spirit Academy.
• Qian Renxue reflected on Spirit Hall’s destruction in her previous life and resolved to become strong enough to control her own fate.
• Qian Renchuan asked Qian Xunji to collect whale rubber for him and grant him unrestricted library access and freedom to leave Spirit Academy.
• Qian Renchuan declared that he wanted to write a book exposing Yu Xiaogang’s flawed theories and ruin his reputation.
• Qian Xunji forbade Qian Renchuan from writing the book because he feared it would provoke Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renchuan accused Qian Xunji of breaking his promise and insisted that he would write the book rather than accept another reward.

Qian Renchuan won permission to use Spirit Hall’s Scripture Repository and began developing his theories into a book, angering Qian Xunji and provoking Bibi Dong’s hatred. As Qian Renchuan settled into his research, Qian Xunji summoned Hu Liena to attend to him.

• Qian Renxue supported Qian Renchuan’s request to study in the Book Repository, and Qian Xunji angrily left without offering him another reward.
• Chrysanthemum, Ghost, and the academy Chiefs followed Qian Xunji away, while rumors spread that Qian Renchuan planned to write a book challenging Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Bibi Dong heard the news, destroyed her bedroom furnishings, and vowed to wipe out the Qian family line after the Rakshasa God urged her to embrace her hatred.
• Qian Renchuan began spending nearly all his time in Spirit Hall’s Scripture Repository, studying old books and writing down a theoretical framework.
• Qian Xunji summoned Hu Liena from the Riverside Courtyard to attend to Qian Renchuan.

Qian Renchuan benefited from the training of Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue, reaching rank 30 and strengthening his existing soul rings instead of seeking a third. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao reached the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared a dangerous plan to awaken the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Di Tian.

• Hu Liena toddled after Qian Renchuan and disrupted his work, but he let her stay with him.
• Qian Renxue trained intensely with whale rubber, while Qian Renchuan arranged for Hu Liena and Xie Yue to consume small amounts in their meals.
• Qian Renchuan reached the rank 30 threshold and used his accumulated soul power to increase the ages of his first two soul rings.
• After more than half a year of dangerous travel, Huo Yuhao neared the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao decided to imitate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual fluctuations, then fire a Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon to awaken it and Di Tian.

Huo Yuhao reached the Lake of Life and rested overnight before using his Spirit Eyes to simulate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual aura. The aura disturbed the Sky Azure Bull Python, which rose toward the surface of the lake.

• Huo Yuhao found the Lake of Life, retreated into a gap between tree roots, and hid while recovering from his journey.
• Huo Yuhao looked at the portrait of himself, Qian Renxue, and Qian Renchuan, then promised to return and protect his big brother after finding Qiu'er.
• Huo Yuhao rested through the night and woke at dawn with his spiritual power and Mysterious Heaven Skill restored.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Spirit Eyes and used Simulation to send the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura into the Lake of Life.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed the unfamiliar yet familiar aura, rose from the bottom of the lake, and churned the water into a huge whirlpool.

Huo Yuhao drew the Sky Azure Bull Python’s attention and used a Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon to stir the Lake of Life and awaken Di Tian. As the Sky Azure Bull Python attacked him, Huo Yuhao shouted that he came from ten thousand years in the future and knew how to help the Soul Beast Clan, but the water column was about to strike him.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python surfaced and found Huo Yuhao hiding behind the Thorn Thicket.
• Huo Yuhao confronted the beast and fired his Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon into the lake to awaken Di Tian.
• Di Tian opened his golden eye in the depths of the Lake of Life, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke beside him.
• Angered by the cannon blast, the Sky Azure Bull Python launched a powerful column of water at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao called out to Di Tian, revealed that he came from ten thousand years in the future, and claimed he could help the Soul Beast Clan.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python’s attack crashed toward Huo Yuhao as he closed his eyes and prepared for the blow.

Di Tian saved Huo Yuhao from the Sky Azure Bull Python and summoned Bi Ji, intrigued by the boy’s knowledge of the Silver Dragon King. After Bi Ji healed him, Huo Yuhao recognized both her and Di Tian, prompting Di Tian to crush him with overwhelming pressure.

• Di Tian burst from the Lake of Life, knocked the Sky Azure Bull Python away, and sent Huo Yuhao flying with the shock wave.
• Di Tian suspected Huo Yuhao’s claim about coming from the future was unbelievable but decided to keep him alive because he knew the Silver Dragon King still lived.
• Di Tian called Bi Ji out of the lake, and she healed Huo Yuhao after he regained consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Bi Ji like an old friend, then recognized Di Tian as the Beast God.
• Di Tian reacted with icy anger and unleashed pressure that reopened Huo Yuhao’s wounds.